1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Finch Hastings Reservation, (20 April) 1738. >4 birds appeared, but only identified ①Olaix(w)/m#386. Now also ②♂Red/DB-w/n #66 in the Valley Oak granary. ③♀LRW/m#67 1745. ♀ with tail spots here briefly but now gone (in nest tree). 1750. There: ♀ YLW#354 in sycamore. 1800. ④♂wn/#278; also ♀354 in sycamore again. 1815. Rain! Leaving. Things appear pretty much as before, with R1 ♀(♀) quietly moving in over here. 25 April 1330. Watching again. 1337. In Sycamore nest tree (SNT): ♀YLW#354, ♀Red-w/n/cp#180, and ②♂ub eating an acorn, and greeting the ♀♀ amicably. 1355. The 2 ♀♀ still up in the SNT. Looking quite at home, I dare say. 1400. ②♂Red/DB-w/n#66 in Valley Oak. ③♀wn/DB#278 in Syc Granary. Well, things look pretty much the same still. The 2 R1 ♀♀ are perhaps looking slightly more settled, but they are still rather segregated, being seen only in the SNT, whereas the ③♀ for the most part are in the 2 granaries. It does look as though they're planning to stay, however. 26 April 1815. See R1 notes for more interchange here. Also, I flushed a bird from the hole in the sycamore granary ♂ facing the road (~45 ft up!) as I went by here. 3 May 1220. Things are hopping here - Lots of activity. Watching ①♀LG-DB/m LGW#339(!) in Sycamore granary with ♀RRW(?). → ②♀LG/DB-Lght RRW#343(!) [Both POT Hill resolution birds!]. Chasing here and high activity. ③♂ub. Birds flying here to "R2" area. ④♂wn/m#278 in small tree by nest sycamore. 1230. ⑤♀YLW#354 (R1) in nest sycamore. [Other ♀♀